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party of 22 Indians, and the left by the right 

 flank company of the third battalion of embo- 

 died militia (70 men), under Capt. Daly, on the 

 opposite of the river, about 350 paces distant : 

 thus in position he waited the enemy's approach. 

 The American army left its encampment at 

 FourCorners on the 21st, passed the boundary 

 line, and obtained a trifling advantage by sur- 

 prising a small detanhment of Indians and 

 driving in a piquet of sedentary militia posted 

 at the junction of the Outarde and Chateauguay 

 rivers, on whose ground it encamped, and with- 

 out loss of time began to clear a communication 

 with its former station, so as to be able to ad- 

 vance the artillery. On the 24th these arrange- 

 ments were complete, and next day General 

 Hampton made every preparation for his for- 

 ward movement. On the morning of the 26th he 

 passed his right column, composed of the fourth, 

 thirtieth, and thirty-third regiments of infantry 

 over the river, about three-quarters of a mile 

 in front of the British piquets, and it soon 

 afterwards formed in two lines, about 150 yards 

 from the position occupied by Captain Daly. At 

 the same time his left column (which he led in 

 person) consisting of the tenth, thirty-first, and 

 two other regiments of infantry, with two hun- 

 dred cavalry, advanced in column, having his 

 artillery, ten pieces, in the reab, towards the 



